k 2023

Signs, law and theatre

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta

Základní údaje

Originální název

Signs, law and theatre

Vydání

SLSA, 2023

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50500 5.5 Law

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

law; law and humanities; theatre; signs

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam
Změněno: 8. 2. 2024 09:47, Mgr. Petra Georgala

Anotace

V originále

In this paper, a case study of one particular Czech legal case will be presented to discuss the theoretical connections between law and theatre and their practical consequences, especially the artist's liability for his statement expressed during and by his theatrical performance. In May 2018, two controversial plays, “The Curse” and “Our Violence and Your Violence”, were presented in Brno, Czech Republic. In both plays, the aim was to start a public discussion about the state of society in general and the Catholic church in particular. For that purpose usual means of the contemporary political theatre were used: controversial and shocking symbols and signs. Cardinal Duka, the representative of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, despite never seeing the plays, sued the theatre because of its „attack on Christianity“. Since he was not successful with his legal claim before the general courts, he turned to the Czech Constitutional court. In October 2022, the Constitutional Court decided that Dukas‘s rights were not violated. In November 2022, the theatre Goose on a String premiered a new play, called Vykouření. It is a theatrical reaction to the whole situation including all relevant court decisions. The play itself is a part semiological essay and part documentary theatre. One of the questions asked by the play Vykouření is: can a theatrical sign be a basis of some kind of liability? This question is also the main focus of this paper.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1300/2022, interní kód MU
Název: Konstrukce významu v právu
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Konstrukce významu v právu